Russian Party of Freedom and Justice

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The Russian Party of Freedom and Justice (RPSS;

In 2014, Bogdanov became party leader, succeeding Yuri Morozov in this post. Andrei Brezhnev, grandson of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev, was elected First Secretary of the Central Committee of the party. In this year's election, Brezhnev was the candidate for the Parliament of Crimea and Sevastopol,^[7] but the party did not win any seats.^[8][9]

In April 2021, the party was renamed the Russian Party of Freedom and Justice. Konstantin Rykov became the chairman of the party, and Maksim Shevchenko became the leader.^[10]

On September 9, 2022, Maxim Shevchenko stated in his official Telegram channel that he no longer considers himself the leader of the RPSS and does not participate in the activities of a political party.^[11]

Criticism

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) has accused the party of being a creation of the Kremlin and United Russia to siphon votes away from the CPRF.^[12][13]

CPRF points out that the CPSJ nominated candidates in single-mandate constituencies who had the same names as candidates from the CPRF, in order to confuse voters. Sergei Obukhov asserts that "it is not the CPSJ who stands behind the nomination of namesakes, but the administrative resource and the ruling party".^[14]

In 2020, the party nominated Gennady Shchadov in the elections for the governor of Irkutsk Oblast while Mikhail Shchapov was nominated from the CPRF.^[15]

Leader of the

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  Communist Party of Social Justice (2012–2017)
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  Communist Party of Social Justice (2017–2021)
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  Alternative logo (2021–)

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